FSBA Advocacy

FSBA takes pride in keeping our members well informed of the activities of the Florida Legislature and in assisting you in your legislative advocacy efforts.  Here you will find the FSBA Platform as developed by the Legislative and Federal Relations Committees, information and resources to help you navigate the upcoming Legislative Session.

Legislative Resources

K-12 Anonymized Threat Response Guidance

Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Anonymized Threat Response Guidance: A Toolkit for K-12 Schools, a new resource to help kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools and their law enforcement and community partners create tailored approaches to addressing anonymous threats of violence, including those received on social media. The toolkit outlines…

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Florida School Boards Association Recognizes Outstanding Legislators

Two Florida legislators have been selected as The Florida School Boards Association’s Legislators of the Year for 2024. The association is set to honor Representative Alex Rizo (R-112) and Senator Shevrin Jones (D-34). “We are proud to recognize Senator Jones and Representative Rizo for their constant efforts to ensure every student in Florida receives a…

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2024 SESSION SUMMARY | APR 11, 2024

The 2024 Session Summary is complete. Bills that have been signed to this point are noted. There are still many that have yet to be sent to the Governor or are awaiting his signature. A special thank you to the members of FELL who contributed to the bill summaries. View 2024 Session Summary

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | MAR 11, 2024

We have finished sine die! The 2024 Legislative Session was officially complete as of 2:25 pm on Friday, 3/8/2024. Both chambers passed the budget off their respective floors after some final back and forth with a few final pieces of policy. Below is the final bill tracker and update. GrayRobinson will put together the final…

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | MAR 4, 2024

Happy last week of session! The end appears near. Budget conferencing began last week and the remaining issues have been bumped up to the chairs of the full Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate. We are anticipating a final budget to be on the desk sometime on Tuesday. That will start the clock for…

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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | FEB 26, 2024

We are in the home stretch of the Legislative session as there are only 11 days left for an on-time sine die. We are still waiting for the start of budget conferencing as each chamber continues to work through their policy priorities. Our team at GrayRobinson is once again providing us with our bill tracker. All of the…

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